Hook



Patented Jan. 2, 1940 UNITED STATES HOOK Harold Duncan McNaught, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Application September 15, 1937, Serial No. 164,059

2 Claims. (01. 24-123) This invention relates to improvements in hooks and has particular reference to a hook for use in f the logging industry where it is desired to hook on to the end of a cable and to later release this bitch.

A further object is to produce a device of this character which is economical to manufacture, easy to use, and one which will not become jammed in use.

A further object is to produce a device of this character which may be easily snaked through brush without the danger of becoming caught therein.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts through out the same:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of my device;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a vertical cross section showing the lock in elevation;

Fig. 4 is an end view of Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the lock per se;

Fig. 6 is a front elevation of the latch per se;

and V Fig. 7 is a bottom plan view of Fig. 5. In the logging industry it is common to employ long cables and fasten about the logs over hooks Therefore, it is. necessary to prepare the end of the cable by anchoring thereon a projection or nipple of slightly greater outside diameter than the diameter of the cable. In orderto secure this enlargement on the cable to a fitting, which fitting may be attached toany piece of apparatus desired, I employ a housing 5 having an opening 6 and a recess '1. Within this recess I pivot a lock, designated as a whole by the numeral 8. The lower end of the casting 5 is bifurcated, as shown at 9, and a ledge H .is formedadjacent to the lower end of the bifurcation. I have shown a cable at l2, having a head l3 secured thereto, the outer diameter of which is slightly greater than the diameter of the cable l2. This head I3 is adapted to rest upon the ledge H when of the recess 1 and is hinged at it; and in order to keep. the same in closed position, I provide a latch I! normally held downwardly by a spring l8 so that the nose IQ of the latch will rest behind the lugs 2! formed on the bifurcated secvention herewith shown and described is to be tions 0f the housing. Abolt 22 passes through the taken as a preferred example of the same and that various changes relative to the material, size,

shape and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing'from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claims. j Having thus described my invention, I claim: 1. In a logging hook of the .class described,

' comprising a housing having a recess. formed therein, a portion of said housing being bifurcated. a ledge formed in said bifurcation and capable of receiving a headed cable, the headof which is adapted to normally rest upon said ledge, a pivoted lock mounted in said housing and capable of swinging into the bifurcation thereof and flush with the outer face of the housing, lugs extending from the bifurcated sections of the housing, and a spring urged latch mounted in said lock and capable of passing over said lugs to latch the pivotedlock together with the housing, and said lock having an extension 1 carried by the inner lower end thereof and capable of abutting against the head of said cable to lock the same Within said hous- 2. In a logging hook T of the class described, comprising a recessed housing capable of receiving a headed cable, the outer portion of said housing being bifurcated, a head receiving andv supporting ledge formed in said bifurcation and capable offreceiving and retaining the head of said cable, a pivoted lock mounted in said housing and adapted to swing into the bifurcation 1 thereof and flush with the outer face of said housing, lugs extending from the bifurcated sections of the housing, a spring urged latchmounted in said lockand capable of passing over and behind said lugs to latch the pivoted lock together with the housing, said latch member being slotted, 

